Drug arrest made

By Mark E. Crepp, Ledger Staff

Friday

Nov 26, 2010 at 12:01 AM

ELLWOOD CITY - An Ellwood City man faces drug-related charges stemming from two incidents last year.

State police filed two counts each of possession and delivery of a controlled substance against Justin A. Cubarney, 26, of 401 Franklin Ave., Apartment 1, on Tuesday with District Judge Jerry Cartwright Jr.

In court documents, Cubarney is accused of selling three oxycodone pills to a confidential informant while being observed by a state trooper on Sept. 4, 2009, in a parking lot at a pharmacy on Fifth Street at Fountain Avenue in Ellwood City.

Cubarney is also accused of selling three oxycodone pills to an undercover state trooper on Oct. 8, 2009, along Ninth Street at Park Avenue in Ellwood City, court documents said.